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| The Valentia was a development of the earlier Victoria troop-carrier, differing by having two 484kW Bristol Pegasus II.L3 or II.M3 engines (the latter for use in India) and an improved landing gear. Accommodation was for a crew of two and 22 troops; lockers were used for equipment and rifle-racks and stretcher supports were provided. Bomb racks could also be fitted if required. Twenty-eight were built as new and 54 Victorias were brought up to this standard.
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| ENGINE | 2 x 464kW Bristol Pegasus radials, |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 8845 kg | 19500 lb |
| Empty weight | 4964 kg | 10944 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 26.62 m | 87 ft 4 in |
| Length | 18.14 m | 60 ft 6 in |
| Height | 5.41 m | 18 ft 9 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 193 km/h | 120 mph |
| Ceiling | 4955 m | 16250 ft |
| Range | 1287 km | 800 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 1000kg of bombs |
| David Taylor, e-mail, 12.08.2023 20:04 My father was in 216 squadron in Habbaniya until 1942 and did hundreds of hours in the Valentina. I have his log book reply | | Lynn Ballard, e-mail, 17.07.2022 16:32 Hi, I just came across your site, I have a few images of K-4634 in India, Kashmir region I believe. The images are part of a group of approx 120 photographs from c1937-8, bought in an online auction several years ago. Happy to share if you would be interested to see them, thank you, Lynn reply |
| Graham Clayton, e-mail, 12.02.2021 10:34 The cockpit looks undersized compared to the fuselage. reply | | George Begg, e-mail, 20.03.2017 16:17 My uncle, Squadron Leader James A Begg (who was killed flying a Whitley bomber in 1939) spent several years flying these planes in India during the NW Frontier Campaign and the Mohmand Campaign (in 1937). Have several photos of the Valentia (Reg No K 2340) he flew if anyone be interested. reply |
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| | Ian wasse, e-mail, 19.12.2015 09:03 Vickers valentia. My father flew these as his workhorse in RAF India from august 1937 to November 1938. K 2340 and K4634 then K 4635 reply | | Weldon Stacey, e-mail, 19.12.2011 01:48 I said that I flew the Ventura a /c in the middle east I meant to say the Valentia out of Habb ,I flew all three at different tmmes of course.from 1942 to 1944 reply | | daxiong, 20.06.2011 05:44 It took 2 pilots to control the a /c in rough air.My bases were Heliopolis Habbaniya and Bagdad. reply | | Weldon Stacey, e-mail, 19.06.2011 22:57 I flew the ventura in the middle east and accumulated about 300 hours,mostly in Iraq ,Persia and Palestine with the R A F in 1942 1943 and 1944. It was a fun aircraft to fly at 80 to 90 mph. It took 2 pilots to control the a /c in rough air.My bases were Heliopolis Habbaniya and Bagdad. reply | | george, e-mail, 13.08.2010 01:03 hi i have a photo of an aircraft no j.7924 is it the saME one you show? reply |
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My grandfather was a young Captain Abdul Aziz Tajik, a KCIO in the British Indian Army and was sent to Kashgar from Peshawar on a cover appointment probably an intelligence appointment somewhere during 1938. He travelled with family through Srinagar, Gilgit, Mintaka pass to Kashgar China. He volunteered to rejoin his unit at the advent of the second World War , he was called back and in view of the urgency a Vickers Valentia was sent to Gilgit from Risalpur (Near Peshawar Pakistan )to airlift him and his family . My mother was six years old then and remembers the details very well. They had brought a pet Dog from Kashgar which the pilots refused to carry but on persuation by my grandfather and insistence of the kids, the pilots very kindly agreed. He was sent to Singapore where the entire General percival Surrendered to the Japanese Army. He was brutally tortured by the Japanese.
It would be very kind of you if you could upload the pictures that you have .Thanks in anticipation. Best Wishes and Regards. Kaiser
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